incarceration
noun[U]
uk/ɪnˌkɑː.sərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌkɑːr.səˈreɪ.ʃən/formal
theactof putting orkeepingsomeone inprisonor in aplaceused as aprison:
监禁，囚禁We’respendingbillionsofdollarseachyearon incarceration.我们每年要为维持监禁体系花费几十亿美元。
Theprisonerwassentencedto fivemonthsof incarceration.这名囚犯被判监五个月。
theactofkeepingsomeone in aclosedplaceandpreventingthem fromleavingit :
与外界隔绝；禁锢；禁闭Thehousemateson therealityTV show areaskedtosurviveincarceration for threeweeks.电视真人秀里的同住者们被要求忍受三周与外界隔绝的生活。
The girl’s four-month incarceration at thehandsof herparentscame tolightyesterday.昨天，那个女孩被她的父母禁锢四个月（这件事）被曝光了。
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incarcerate
- He was the onlymemberof hisfamilytosurviveincarceration in aconcentrationcamp.
- Incarceration at adetentioncentrecan be verytraumaticforchildren.
- Incarceration at herhomeis afarcryfromspendingtimein ajailcell.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc.idiom
- solitary
- stretch
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